Подсвирова Ангелина Валерьевна

The article analyzes the peculiarities of small towns in Russia in conditions of catch-up modernization, which inuenced the specicity of management and today's socio-economic status. The author points out that the space organization of small towns was mainly determined by considerations of political advantage rather than market expediency, which led to the emergence depression and crisis small towns in the post-Soviet period.